Bundle tie



May 27, 1924. 1,495,912

. H. A. LlEFER BUNDLE TIE Filed Nov. 8. 1923 Patented May 27, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT jo F cEQ HENRY A. LIEFEB, or SAND CREEK TOW SHIP, sco'r'r COUNTY, MINNEsoTA.

BUNDLE TIE.

Application filed November 8, 1923. Serial No. 673,590.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY AUGUsr LIE- FER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sand Creek Township, in the county of Scott and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bundle ties of the type formed of bent wire, and while the device is usable also for other purposes, its primary use is in connection with the twine used for tying shocksand bundles of corn.

I am aware that numerous bundle ties formed of wire, have been heretofore provided, but it is the object of my invention to provide an exceptionally simple and inexpensive device which may be operated with extreme case and which will so effectively anchor the free end of the twine, as to make it impossible to release it by pulling.

With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved bundle tie, showing the first step in anchoring the free end of a cord thereby.

Figure 2 is an edge elevation showing the position of the cord in the tie at the completion of the first operation.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the next operation of anchoring the cord.

Figure 4c is a perspective view showing the cord completely anchored.

The improved tie is formed of a single length of wire 1, one end of said wire being suitably bent to provide an eye or other means 2 for connecting it with one end of a cord 3. The other end of the wire 1 is bent to form a coil having one complete convolution 4 and a second incomplete convolution 5, the two convolutions being of uniform diameter. The body portion of the wire is substantially tangential to the convolution 4: and forms therewith an acute entrance throat 6, and the free end of the incomplete convolution 5 terminates in a short finger 7 extending obliquely outward from the plane of this convolution, providing a second acute entrance throat 8 between itself and the adjacent portion of the convolution 4.

In operating the device, one end of the cord 3 is attached to the eye or the like 2, and the cord is then passed around the bundle to be bound. The cord is guided into the throat 6 as shown in Fig. 1 and when it is pulled, it moves between the convolutions 4 and 5 and extends through the former, away from the convolution 5, as seen in Fig. 2. The cord is then passed outwardly around the outer sides of both convolutions as indicated in Fig. 3, and is guided into the throat 8. Then, by pulling upon the cord, it may he slid into tight relation with the portions previously engaged with the coil. When engaged with the tie in the manner described, the cord is in effect wrapped about one side of the convolutions 4 and 5 and is passed between these convolutions adjacent the wrapping. Thus, when a pull is placed upon the bundle-encircling portion of the cord, the portion 9 of this cord which extends around the outer sides of the convolutions 4 and 5, pulls these convolutions toward each other and tightly clamps the cord at two points, so that it is an impossibility to slip the cord from the tie, without first moving the. free end of the cord through the throat 8. It will thus be seen that the device is much more effective than similar bundle ties heretofore devised. Furthermore, it is more simple and consequently less expensive.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, these exactdetails are preferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, minor changes may be made.

I claim: A bundle tie comprising a length of wire adapted at one end for connection to one end of a cord, the other end of said wire being coiled to form one complete convolution and one incomplete convolution of uniform diameter, the body portion of the wire being substantially tangential to the outer end of said complete convolution and forming therewith an acute unobstructed entrance throat into which the free end of the cord is pulled to position said cord between the two convolutions with its free end extending through said complete convolution first passing the cord through the first away from said incomplete convolution, the named throat and then passing it outwardfree endv ofsaliddncomplete convolution ter- 1y mound both convolutions.

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